SECRET N ° 312 Velorn's Last Croak Chapter 18

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Chapitre 18 : Les Portes de l'Éclipse

Le ciel au-dessus de Velorn avait changé de visage.

Sous les failles béantes, le soleil lui-même semblait vaciller, comme un feu mourant. La lumière filtrée par les Brumes teintait le monde de nuances irréelles — des bleus profonds, des pourpres venimeux, des ors ternis. Chaque respiration semblait plus lourde, comme si l'air lui-même hésitait à nourrir encore la vie.

Fyrael marchait, guidé par la lueur vacillante de l'épée cristalline. Chaque pas l’éloignait davantage de l’ancien monde et le rapprochait du seuil qu’aucun vivant n’avait franchi depuis mille ans : les Portes de l'Éclipse.

Elles se dressaient devant lui, colossales, formées de deux ailes de pierre noire gravées de symboles mouvants, que seuls ceux portant la mémoire des anciens serments pouvaient lire.

Sur l'une d’elles, une inscription vibrante :

"Ici commence la route vers l'oubli ou la renaissance."

Fyrael posa la main sur la surface froide. À son contact, les symboles s'illuminèrent brièvement, réagissant au fragment du pacte qu’il portait en lui.

— « Seul... je ne pourrai pas passer, » murmura-t-il, devinant déjà ce que le rite exigerait.

Derrière lui, des silhouettes commençaient à émerger des Brumes.
Pas des ennemis.
Pas encore.

C’étaient des survivants. Des porteurs de fragments. Des êtres que Sélénéa, par son sacrifice, avait éveillés.

Parmi eux :

Un enfant au regard ancien, portant un fragment d’étoile.

Une femme aux cheveux blancs, tisseuse d’ombres.

Un géant silencieux, tatoué de runes brisées.

Chacun avançait avec une lenteur solennelle, attiré vers les Portes comme par un appel irrésistible.

Neryda, dernière Voix de l’Accord Silvarien, apparut à la lisière.

— « Le serment ne peut être renouvelé qu'ensemble. Sélénéa a semé la graine... vous êtes la floraison. »

La lame dans la main de Fyrael vibra à nouveau, résonnant avec les fragments portés par chacun.

Soudain, la terre trembla.

Derrière les Portes, un grondement sourd monta, comme une bête titanesque se réveillant d’un sommeil séculaire.

— « Dépêchons-nous, » souffla Fyrael.

Chacun posa la main sur les ailes de pierre. Les fragments s'illuminèrent, projetant des éclats de souvenir, de douleur, d’espoir...

De vérités anciennes, prêtes à renaître.

Une lumière aveuglante éclata entre les Portes.
Un instant suspendu.
Un battement de cœur qui couvrit tout bruit.

Puis, lentement, majestueusement, les ailes s'ouvrirent, révélant un chemin suspendu dans le vide :
Un pont d'éclats d'âmes, tissé de souvenirs et d'espoirs mêlés.

Au bout de ce chemin, dans une lumière douce et impossible, une silhouette attendait.

Elle n'était ni vivante ni morte.
Elle était la mémoire de Velorn elle-même.

Et dans sa main tendue... l'écho du pacte originel.

Chapter 18: The Gates of Eclipse

The sky over Velorn had changed its face.

Beneath the yawning cracks, the sun itself seemed to flicker, like a dying flame. The light, filtered through the creeping Mists, bathed the world in unnatural hues — deep blues, venomous purples, dulled golds. Every breath felt heavier, as though the air itself hesitated to sustain life.

Fyrael walked forward, guided by the flickering glow of the crystalline blade. Each step pulled him further from the old world and closer to the threshold no living being had crossed in a thousand years: the Gates of Eclipse.

They stood before him — colossal wings of black stone, carved with shifting runes only those who bore the memory of ancient oaths could decipher.

On one of the wings, a glowing inscription read:

"Here begins the path to either oblivion... or rebirth."

Fyrael laid his hand on the cold surface. At his touch, the runes lit up briefly, responding to the fragment of the Pact he carried within.

— "Alone... I cannot pass," he murmured, already sensing what the rite would demand.

Behind him, silhouettes began to emerge from the Mists.
Not enemies.
Not yet.

They were survivors. Bearers of fragments. Beings awakened by Sélénéa’s sacrifice.

Among them:

A child with an ancient gaze, holding a fragment of starlight.

A white-haired woman, weaver of shadows.

A silent giant, his skin tattooed with broken runes.

Each one moved slowly, solemnly, drawn to the Gates as if answering a call older than themselves.

Neryda, last Voice of the Silvarian Accord, stepped forth from the fringe of the mist.

— "The Pact cannot be renewed alone. Sélénéa sowed the seed… you are the bloom."

The blade in Fyrael’s hand pulsed again, resonating with the fragments each bearer carried.

Suddenly, the earth trembled.

Behind the Gates, a deep, guttural rumble rose — like a titanic beast stirring from a centuries-long slumber.

— "We must move quickly," Fyrael urged.

One by one, they placed their hands on the stone wings. The fragments began to glow, casting forth echoes of memory, pain, and hope...

Ancient truths, ready to be reborn.

A blinding light erupted from between the Gates.
A suspended moment.
A heartbeat that drowned all other sound.

Then, slowly, majestically, the stone wings parted, revealing a path suspended over the void:
A bridge woven of soul-shards, stitched from memory and hope alike.

At the end of that path, in soft and impossible light, a figure waited.

It was neither alive nor dead.
It was the memory of Velorn itself.

And in its outstretched hand... the echo of the original Pact.


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